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Airstrikes kill IS fighters fleeing Fallujah

Video of the attack shows an airstrike against an apparent IS convoy leaving Fallujah. It's the latest blow to the jihadi group, but it retains the ability to strike abroad with deadly suicide bombers.

Airstrikes south the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Wednesday may have killed up to hundreds of "Islamic State" (IS) fighters. US officials estimate that at least 250 IS fighters were killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed.

The estimate is preliminary, but if confirmed it would amount to one of the deadliest attacks against the jihadi group. US media reported that American airstrikes were responsible for the attack, while the BBC said the Iraqi air force bombed the IS fighters.

Wednesday night's terror attack in Istanbul, which killed more than 40 people and injured nearly 250 more, is being blamed on IS. Although the militant group has not claimed responsibility for the attack, both Ankara and Washington have said the attacks bears the hallmarks of an IS operation.

"We've made, I think, some significant progress, along with our coalition partners, in Syria and Iraq, where most of the ISIS members are resident right now," Brennan said, referring to the militant group by an alternate acronym.

"But ISIS' ability to continue to propagate its narrative, as well as to incite and carry out these attacks - I think we still have a ways to go before we're able to say that we have made some significant progress against them."